Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mullen to deliver policy address

Posted January 28, 2009; 03:20 p.m.

by Staff

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver a major policy address titled "Global Trends and National Security" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in McCosh 10.

Mullen serves as the principal military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. He began his two-year term as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in October 2007. He will help guide the new administration of President Barack Obama as it assesses the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The event is free and open to the public. Members of the news mdia who wish to attend Mullen’s speech should contact Steven Barnes in the Woodrow Wilson School’s Office of External Affairs by noon Thursday, Feb. 5, at sbarnes@princeton.edu or (609) 258-5988 to register for the event. Space is limited.